I live in a mid-terraced house close to the end of a road and the problematic homeowner (let's call him X ) lives at a right-angle to me on the next road which is a few houses away from me.
All the houses in my area have their gardens facing each other.
In his garden, he constructed a separate outbuilding with a chimney. For the last 6 years, X has caused me a lot of grief. He used to have fortnightly weekend parties in this outbuilding with his mates where the parties went on from 8PM till 2AM. The noises involved loud music, yelling, singalongs, screaming, drumming ( with band drums ), blowing foghorns and playing carrom. This was supplemented by loud music every weekend.
I read somewhere that parties can be had till 11PM. So, I would wait till 11 before ringing my LA. I soon found out that my LA has a very bad turnaround for noise complaints. They call you back 2 hours later and want to come to your property to hear the noise for themselves. By the time they rung me, the noise had already died down. They would then send letters to X and a copy to me and I reckon X just binned them. I found out his name and sent him anonymous recorded letters telling him to put an end to the noises I mentioned above. I reckon he's binned these as well.
Next, he started breeding cockerel and we had to endure cock-a-doodle-do at various times of the day and night ( even as early as 4AM ) for months. I couldn't pinpoint the offender initially but luckily one day heard the sound of dying chicken and looked out of my bedroom window and saw a bunch of cockerels hanging upside down. I took a photo and sent it to my LA. My LA paid a visit and that was the end of his breeding days.
Since then, his partying has reduced to once a month.
Recently, he's built another outbuilding and now his parties take place in both! Since lockdown started, he's started working in his new outbuilding every single day ( incl weekends ) all-day from morning till dusk. The endless noises of angle grinders and drilling is the new norm. At first I thought he's doing DIY work but I looked up his address on a govt website and can see that he had a company registered at his house few years ago which got dissolved as he didn't do yearly paperwork. He also considers himself a carpenter by profession. I have contacted relevant departments in my LA again.
I do not want to talk to him as the guy is a tool. Nor do I want to make myself known, keeping in mind the safety of my family.
What are my options here? Should I take the guy to court?
All the houses in my area have their gardens facing each other.
In his garden, he constructed a separate outbuilding with a chimney. For the last 6 years, X has caused me a lot of grief. He used to have fortnightly weekend parties in this outbuilding with his mates where the parties went on from 8PM till 2AM. The noises involved loud music, yelling, singalongs, screaming, drumming ( with band drums ), blowing foghorns and playing carrom. This was supplemented by loud music every weekend.
I read somewhere that parties can be had till 11PM. So, I would wait till 11 before ringing my LA. I soon found out that my LA has a very bad turnaround for noise complaints. They call you back 2 hours later and want to come to your property to hear the noise for themselves. By the time they rung me, the noise had already died down. They would then send letters to X and a copy to me and I reckon X just binned them. I found out his name and sent him anonymous recorded letters telling him to put an end to the noises I mentioned above. I reckon he's binned these as well.
Next, he started breeding cockerel and we had to endure cock-a-doodle-do at various times of the day and night ( even as early as 4AM ) for months. I couldn't pinpoint the offender initially but luckily one day heard the sound of dying chicken and looked out of my bedroom window and saw a bunch of cockerels hanging upside down. I took a photo and sent it to my LA. My LA paid a visit and that was the end of his breeding days.
Since then, his partying has reduced to once a month.
Recently, he's built another outbuilding and now his parties take place in both! Since lockdown started, he's started working in his new outbuilding every single day ( incl weekends ) all-day from morning till dusk. The endless noises of angle grinders and drilling is the new norm. At first I thought he's doing DIY work but I looked up his address on a govt website and can see that he had a company registered at his house few years ago which got dissolved as he didn't do yearly paperwork. He also considers himself a carpenter by profession. I have contacted relevant departments in my LA again.
I do not want to talk to him as the guy is a tool. Nor do I want to make myself known, keeping in mind the safety of my family.
What are my options here? Should I take the guy to court?
